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I've been playing a lot more true support roles lately. Really trying to get a good feel for warding to better benefit the team. Before, I would typically just ward the river or w/e but lately I've been focusing more on creating better map control for the team. Between buying wards on cooldown, liberal use of sentries/smokes (when necessary) and always having a TP or two on hand I'm finding that playing with a gold deficit provides a few more challenges than I'm accustomed to. So easy to fall in the trap of "rush Agh's!" when playing most Int heroes but then you end up handicapping your team more than helping. It's satisfying when you do the little things that help your team out. Provided, of course, that your carry(ies) know what they're doing and farm properly and can take advantage of this thankless work.
Been trying to learn more heroes to support with as well. I love playing Witch Doctor but feel he's a bit one-dimensional. The ult is nice but obviously falls off a bit late-game. The stun, if unreliable, is nice, and Maledict scales decently enough. The heal is decent but not significant.
Not sure what other supports I really really like. I play Venomancer as a support sometimes but he is better served as an initiator I guess. I don't know. Tried a game as Dazzle the other night but did pretty bad. Always so slow on my Shallow Graves.
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